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From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: AM stereo
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Date: Fri, 20-Jan-84 15:57:58 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 20 15:57:58 1984
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There are a few systems under contention for this "boon," all of them
mutually incompatible.  I have an old "Stereo Review" that describes these
in more detail; I'll be glad to post a synopsis of the article if there
is more general interest.  However, you can look for this one to go the
way of Quad and the Elcassette.  I don't know if there are any stations now
broadcasting AM stereo in this country.  My comment on this is, "why bother?"
AM is generally a noisy, severely compressed signal, of no interest to
lovers of true high fidelity.

As for the gaggle of competing systems, you can blame the FCC for not getting
off its big, fat, bureaucratic arse and ruling on ONE standard system.  They
are also the reason we won't have Stereo TV sound for at least another decade.
If more than one system is approved, manufacturers will have to produce
equipment compatible with all available systems, at a resultant higher cost
to the consumer.  This is called "fostering competition."

                                        Bob Fishell

Boy, am I in a rotten mood today!